The Springfield College softball team doesn't mind playing on the road, especially if that road game is its own Potter Field.

Hosting the first two rounds of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference tournament because of poor field conditions at Coast Guard, the fourth-seeded Pride first dispatched No. 5 Babson, 5-4, before upsetting top-ranked Coast Guard 3-1.

Springfield (18-21) moves on to face No. 2 Wellesley in the semifinals on Saturday at Coast Guard.

Coast Guard was 32-2-1 overall and 15-0-1 in NEWMAC play and was riding a 29-game win streak entering Thursday's game.

Senior pitcher Samantha Rhodes, who went the distance for the win in the first game, allowed one unearned run on five hits, striking out three and walking one against the Bears.

The Pride did all their scoring in the top of the fifth inning. Junior catcher Michelle Wlosek had a two-run single and sophomore Amanda Novak drove her in with a single to center field.

In the first game, Aimee Cassella had a two-run homer and an RBI-single and Angela Atkins had a two-run single to pace Springfield.

WNEC sweeps: Laura Bower tossed a one-hitter in a 3-0 win Sarah Barnes led the offensive in a 10-4 win in the second game for Western New England.

Bower struck out 12 and walked none, facing 23, just two over the minimum. Christina Farese had a pair of doubles for the Golden Bears.

Barnes had a triple and a home run with three RBIs as WNEC completed the sweep. Lauren Arsenault had three hits and a pair of RBIs and four other players had two hits as the Bears had 15 hits in the game.

UMass 6, UConn 4: Carly Normandin delivered a grand slam in the top of the six as the Minutewomen rallied over the Huskies.

UConn (25-17) scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth off Brandice Balschmiter to take a 4-2 lead.

A single by Whitney Mollica and a pair of walks with one out set the table for Normandin, who hit her sixth of the year for UMass (28-6).